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A Parenting Primer for Humanistic Jews HUMANISTIC JUDAISM Volume XXXX Number 4 / Volume XXXXI Number 1-2 Autumn 2012 / Winter - Spring 2013 A PARENTING PRIMER FOR HUMANISTIC JEWS Jerald Bain Rabbi Binyamin Biber Stephanie Blum Rabbi Adam Chalom Rabbi Daniel Friedman Dale McGowan Joy Markowitz Jennifer Naparstek Klein Baudelia Taylor Wisdom from Wine: Demystifying Family Values The Atheist Rabbi and the Orthodox Women’s Seminary and more Humanistic Judaism is a voice for Jews who value their Jewish identity and who seek an alternative to conventional Judaism. Humanistic Judaism affirms the right of individuals to shape their own lives independent Humanistic Judaism is published quarterly by the of supernatural authority. Society for Humanistic Judaism, a non-profit orga- nization, 28611 West Twelve Mile Road, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334, (248) 478-7610, Fax (248) 478-3159, [email protected], www.shj.org. 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Editorial Board RABBI ADAM CHALOM ISSN 0441-4195 RABBI JEFFREY FALICK RABBI MIRIAM JERRIS RABBI PETER SCHWEITZER Humanistic Jewish Congregations & Communities Autumn 2012/Winter-Spring 2013 UNITED STATES MARYLAND ARIZONA Baltimore Jewish Cultural Chavurah, contact: Bob Or Adam, Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, contact: Jacobson, 2418 Sylvale Road, Baltimore, MD 21209, (410) Miki Safadi, 7904 E Chaparral Rd, Unit A110-278, 415-5199, www.baltimoresecularjews.org, baltimoresecular HJ FORUM: Scottsdale, AZ 85250, (480) 663-7788, www.oradam.org, [email protected]. A Parenting Primer for Humanistic Jews [email protected]. MASSACHUSETTS Secular Humanist Jewish Circle, Contact: Cathleen Kahal B’raira, Greater Boston Congregation for Humanistic Becskehazy, 930 S Goldenweed Way, Tucson, AZ 85748, Judaism, contact: Shari Gelber, 765 Concord Ave, 3 Humanistic Jewish Parenting: Theory and Reality Rabbi Adam Chalom (520) 293-3919, www.secularhumanistjewishcircle.org, Cambridge, MA 02138, (617) 969-4596, www.kahalbraira. [email protected]. org, [email protected]. 6 Humanistic Parenting Rabbi Daniel Friedman CALIFORNIA MICHIGAN 9 Parenting Beyond Belief Dale McGowan Adat Chaverim, Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, The Birmingham Temple, president: Les Kutinsky, 28611 president: David Borden, PO Box 261204, Encino, CA W 12 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48334; (248) 477-1410, 13 Children of the Rainbow Rabbi Binyamin Biber 91426, (888) 552-4552, www.HumanisticJudaismLA.org, www.birminghamtemple.org, [email protected]. 16 Our Biblical Father: Commentary on the Akeda Jerald Bain [email protected]. MINNESOTA Kahal Am, president: Gary Zarnow, PO Box 927751, San 19 The Truth About the Tooth Fairy Stephanie Blum Or Emet, Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Diego, CA 92192, (858) 549-3088, www.kahalam.org, president: Richard Logan, 3140 Chowen Ave, S, Apt 303, 21 Humanistic Parenting: Three Stories [email protected]. Minneapolis, MN 55416, (612) 275-7081, www.oremet.org, Joy Markowitz Kol Hadash, (Northern California), contact: Kimberly [email protected]. Read, PO Box 2777, Berkeley, CA 94702, (510) 428-1492, NEW JERSEY Jennifer Naparstek Klein www.KolHadash.org, [email protected]. The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Morris County, Baudelia Taylor Orange County SHJ (OC Secular Congregation for contacts: Susan Herschman, Steve Sussman & Rob Agree, PO Humanistic Judaism), contact: Rosalie Gottfried, 3155C Box 217, Chester, NJ 07930, (973) 927-0078, www.chjmc.org, Alta Vista, Laguna Woods, CA 92637, (949) 422-3895, [email protected] or [email protected]. [email protected]. NEW YORK Pacific Community of Cultural Jews, president: Karen Beth Haskalah, Rochester Society for Humanistic Judaism, Knecht, 7238 El Viento Way, Buena Park, CA 90620, (949) contact: Barry Swan, PO Box 18343, Rochester, NY 14618- FEATURED ARTICLES 760-9006, http://pccjews.org, [email protected]. 0343, (585) 234-1644, [email protected]. COLORADO The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Rabbi Beth Ami – Colorado Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Peter Schweitzer, contact: Amy Stein, 30 W 26th St, 28 A Humanistic Rabbi’s Trip to Israel Rabbi Miriam Jerris contact: (720) 466-0101, www.bethami.com, [email protected]. #11L, New York, NY 10010-2067, (212) 213-1002, www. CONNECTICUT citycongregation.org, [email protected]. 33 Off the Path: Haredi Meets Humanism Rabbi Frank Tamburello Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Fairfield County, Kol Haverim, The Finger Lakes Community for 38 The Atheist Rabbi and the Orthodox Women’s Seminary Rabbi Jeffrey Falick (203) 226-5451, 606 Post Rd E, #542, Westport, CT 06880, Humanistic Judaism, P.O. Box 4972, Ithaca, N.Y. 14852- president: Jane Campbell, www.humanisticjews.org, info@ 4972, http://kolhaverim.net, [email protected]. humanisticjews.org. Westchester Community for Humanistic Judaism, contact: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Dimitry Turovsky, 84 Sprague Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583, Machar, The Washington Congregation for Secular (914) 713-8828, www.wchj.org, [email protected]. DEPARTMENTS Humanistic Judaism, Rabbi Binyamin Biber, president: NORTH CAROLINA Nadine Wettstein, contact: PO Box 42014, Washington, DC Kol Haskalah, A Humanistic Jewish Congregation, contact: 20015, (202) 686-1881, www.machar.org, [email protected]. 134 Hunter’s Ridge Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, (919) FLORIDA 929-5233, www.kolhaskalah.org, [email protected]. 2 Letters to the Editors Congregation Beth Adam, contact: Bob Fishman, PO OHIO Box 2579, Boca Raton, FL 33427, (561) 443-1769, www. Humanist Jewish Chavurah of Columbus, contact: Ellen bethadam.com, [email protected]. Rapkin, (614) 285-4522, www.hjccohio.org, cbushumjudaism@ 23 Wisdom from Wine Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, president: Susan gmail.com or [email protected]. Friedman, 3023 Proctor Rd, Sarasota, FL 34231, (941) 929- OREGON Demystifying Family Values Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine 7771, www.CHJ-sarasota.org, [email protected]. Kol Shalom, Community for Humanistic Judaism, 1509 SW Humanistic Jewish Havurah of Southwest Florida, contact: Sunset Blvd, Ste 1E, Portland, OR, 97239, (503) 459-4210, Cynthia Cook, 25051 Bainbridge Ct, #202, Bonita Springs, FL www.kolshalom.org, [email protected]. 40 Arts/Literature 34134, (239) 495-8197, http://humanisticjewishhavurahswfl. WASHINGTON Poems of Remembrance Helen Degen Cohen org, [email protected]. Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound, PMB 367 / 117 ILLINOIS E Louisa St, Seattle, WA 98102, (206) 528-1944, www. Beth Chaverim Humanistic Jewish Community, Rabbi Jodi secularjewishcircle.org, [email protected]. 41 In Review Kornfeld, Deerfield, IL, (847) 945-6512, www.bethchaverim. CANADA net, [email protected]. ONTARIO Child Rearing for Humanists: Two Guidebooks Barry Swan Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation, Rabbi Adam Oraynu Congregation, Rabbi Karen Levy, president: Louise The Failure of Secular Society Walter Hellman Chalom, chair: Sue Talman, 175 Olde Half Day Rd, Ste 123, Sherman, contact: Roby Sadler, 156 Duncan Mill Rd, Ste 14, Lincolnshire, IL 60069, (847) 347-3003, www.kolhadash. Parsing the People of the Book Bennett Muraskin Toronto, Ontario, M3B 3N2, Canada, (416) 385-3910, www. com, [email protected]. oraynu.org, [email protected]. Autumn 2012 / Winter - Spring 2013 Humanistic Judaism Humanistic Jewish Congregations & Communities Autumn 2012/Winter-Spring 2013 UNITED STATES MARYLAND ARIZONA Baltimore Jewish Cultural Chavurah, contact: Bob Or Adam, Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, contact: Jacobson, 2418 Sylvale Road, Baltimore, MD 21209, (410) Miki Safadi, 7904 E Chaparral Rd, Unit A110-278, 415-5199, www.baltimoresecularjews.org, baltimoresecular HJ FORUM: Scottsdale, AZ 85250, (480) 663-7788, www.oradam.org, [email protected]. A Parenting Primer for Humanistic Jews [email protected]. MASSACHUSETTS Secular Humanist Jewish Circle, Contact: Cathleen Kahal B’raira, Greater Boston Congregation for Humanistic Becskehazy, 930 S Goldenweed Way, Tucson, AZ 85748, Judaism, contact: Shari Gelber, 765 Concord Ave, 3 Humanistic Jewish Parenting: Theory and Reality Rabbi Adam Chalom (520) 293-3919, www.secularhumanistjewishcircle.org, Cambridge,
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